LKQ (LKQ) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

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Mon, May 4, 2026 astatine 9:56 AM CDT 24 min read

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DATE

Thursday, October 30, 2025 astatine 8 a.m. ET

CALL PARTICIPANTS

• President and Chief Executive Officer — Justin Jude

• Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer — Rick Galloway

Full Conference Call Transcript

Justin Jude: Thank you, Joe and bully greeting to everyone joining america connected the telephone today. I americium highly arrogant of our show this quarter, demonstrating some the resilience of our concern and the interaction of our strategical initiatives. With immoderate affirmative operational show and onetime taxation benefits, we person assurance successful our afloat twelvemonth outlook to rise our midpoint and constrictive the range. While I recognize that astir of you are funny successful the financials, it's important to stress that our beardown show is simply a nonstop effect of the relentless dedication and committedness of our teams crossed the globe who person enabled america to execute and win against our strategical pillars.

Let maine marque immoderate speedy wide comments connected our markets earlier diving into specifics. We are seeing ongoing macro challenges, including reduced user spending and little request for conveyance repairs. As caller headlines person shown, different automotive companies are facing akin issues. However, our squad has remained focused connected controlling the things that we tin control. In astir areas of our business, we person outperformed the marketplace and we're capable to walk done costs. We are successful execution mode.

And arsenic I mentioned connected our past net call, we are focused connected a multiyear translation centered astir 4 strategical priorities of simplifying our portfolio and operations, expanding our thin operating exemplary globally with a absorption connected borderline improvement, investing and increasing organically and pursuing a disciplined superior allocation strategy. To that end, I would similar to item definite notable achievements from this quarter. First, we completed the merchantability of our Self Service conception to Pacific Avenue Capital Partners for $410 million. We were precise pleased to spot beardown involvement successful business.

As a effect of this sale, we person not lone simplified our concern but strengthened our equilibrium sheet, which we judge is prudent to bash successful these uncertain economical times. The proceeds from the merchantability of Self Service person been utilized to trim debt. We are prioritizing maintaining a beardown equilibrium expanse and our investment-grade standing to navigate marketplace challenges, particularly successful these uncertain times. During the quarter, we had nary acquisitions but to beryllium clear, our strategical reappraisal process is progressive and ongoing and successful coordination with the concern committee of our Board of Directors. We expect to proceed our efforts to simplify our portfolio and operations arsenic markets and opportunities avail themselves.